History- Italy Overview

Question 1

France invaded Italy in ? with ? against ? Austrian and ? Piedmontese soldiers in order to ?

Answer 1

France invaded Italy in 1796 with 38000 French against 38000 Austrian and 25000 Piedmontese soldiers in order to make Austria withdraw from Italy

Question 2

The French law imposed across Italy was called ?

Answer 2

The French law imposed across Italy was called the Napoleonic code

Question 3

The French encouraged Italian nationalism through ?

Answer 3

The French encouraged Italian nationalism through Italian regiments

Question 4

The Carbonari were ?

Answer 4

The Carbonari were anti French movement

Question 5

Austria directly controlled ?

Answer 5

Austria directly controlled Lombardy and Venetia

Question 6

? were made duchies under Austria

Answer 6

Modena Tuscany and Parma were made duchies under Austria

Question 7

The Federati were ?

Answer 7

The Federati were an anti Austrian movement

Question 8

? suppressed most 1830-32 revolutions

Answer 8

Austria suppressed most 1830-32 revolutions

Question 9

Revolutions failed because ?

Answer 9

Revolutions failed because they were Localised, moderate, lacked popular support, ill-equipped, and Austrian power

Question 10

Mazzini created ? in ?

Answer 10

Mazzini created young Italy in 1831

Question 11

The ? was a constitution created by Charles albert in ?

Answer 11

The Statuto was a constitution created by Charles albert in 1847

Question 12

? of Austrian tax revenue came from ?

Answer 12

1/3 of Austrian tax revenue came from Lombardy + Venetia

Question 13

Wheat and maize prices rose in ? due to ?

Answer 13

Wheat and maize prices rose in 1847 due to Europe wide harvest failures

Question 14

Average life expectancy in Naples in the 1840s was ?

Answer 14

Average life expectancy in Naples in the 1840s was 24

Question 15

Sicillians blamed ? for the cholera outbreak in ? which killed ?

Answer 15

Sicillians blamed their rulers for the cholera outbreak in 1836 which killed 65000

Question 16

There was a revolution in Palermo Sicily in ?

Answer 16

There was a revolution in Palermo Sicily in 1848

Question 17

Pius’ allocution in ? stated ?

Answer 17

Pius’ allocution in 1848 stated that he didn’t support war and called king Charles albert an aggressor

Question 18

Charles albert was crushed on ? at Custozza, and on ? at Novara

Answer 18

Charles albert was crushed on July 1848 at Custozza, and on March 1849 at Novara

Question 19

The Roman Republic introduced ?

Answer 19

The Roman Republic introduced legal reform, slum clearance, ended press censorship, abolished the death penalty, removed church control of education and promised a constitution

Question 20

Louis Napoleon sent ? troops to defeat the Roman Republic in ?

Answer 20

Louis Napoleon sent 20000 troops to defeat the Roman Republic in April 1849

Question 21

Garibaldi held off the French with a volunteer army for ?

Answer 21

Garibaldi held off the French with a volunteer army for 2 months

Question 22

French troops stayed in Rome to protect the pope until ?

Answer 22

French troops stayed in Rome to protect the pope until 1870

Question 23

A concordat was ?

Answer 23

A concordat was seeking and gaining church approval

Question 24

The Connubio was ?

Answer 24

The Connubio was an alliance between the center left and right in the chamber of duchies

Question 25

In the mid ? Cavour closed ?monasteries and reduced the churches power

Answer 25

In the mid-1850s Cavour closed 158 monasteries and reduced the churches power

Question 26

Cavour stabilized the government post in ? by ?

Answer 26

Cavour stabilized the government post in 1857 by sacking Ratazzi and allying with the right

Question 27

Cavour warned Austria of ? rebels in ? in order to ?

Answer 27

Cavour warned Austria of Milanese rebels in 1853 in order to gain favour

Question 28

Cavour organized ?

Answer 28

Cavour organized free trade with France Belgium and Britain, foreign loans and FDI

Question 29

It was good to attack Austria after ? since ?

Answer 29

It was good attack Austria after 1850 since it was weakened by uprisings and Prussia's economic challenge

Question 30

Cavour sent troops to Crimea in ?

Answer 30

Cavour sent troops to Crimea in 1855

Question 31

The Garibaldini were ?

Answer 31

The Garibaldini were Garibaldis red shirts

Question 32

Mazzini convinced Garibaldi to ? with his volunteer army ?

Answer 32

Mazzini convinced Garibaldi to support a Young Italy uprising in Sicily with his volunteer army “the thousand”

Question 33

Garibaldi had ? men to march on ? with

Answer 33

Garibaldi had 60000 men to march on the papal states with

Question 34

In ? the only states preventing Italian unification were ?

Answer 34

In 1861 the only states preventing Italian unification were Rome and Venetia

Question 35

The National Society were ? and wanted to be lead by ?

Answer 35

The National Society were anti-Austrian and wanted to be lead by Piedmont

Question 36

Napoleon supported Italy in order to ?

Answer 36

Napoleon supported Italy in order to gain a southern ally and weaken Austria

Question 37

New Italy created ?

Answer 37

New Italy created unified legal codes, Italian army and navy and a unified political system

Question 38

The Popes response to New Italy was ?

Answer 38

The Popes response to New Italy was introducing the Syllabus of Errors which criticized change

Question 39

Piedmontisation was ?

Answer 39

Piedmontisation was too much, too fast with no local or regional consideration/autonomy

Question 40

There were ? brigands in the south by ?

Answer 40

There were 82000 brigands in the south by 1862

Question 41

The National Society had ? members by ?

Answer 41

The National Society had 8000 members by 1857

Question 42

Treaty of plombieres was in ?, Treaty of Villa Franca was in ?, Treaty of Zurich was in ?

Answer 42

Treaty of Plombieres was in July 1858, Treaty of Villa Franca was in July 1859, Treaty of Zurich was in November 1859

Question 43

Austria declare war in ?

Answer 43

Austria declare war in April 1859

Question 44

The Piedmontese army met Garibaldi in ? in ?

Answer 44

The Piedontese army met Garibaldi in Teano in October 1860